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Informationen zum Autor Matthew Riley is Professor of Music at the University of Birmingham. His research focuses on music theory and analysis, Classical and Romantic repertory, and British music from the 1880s to the mid-twentieth century. Klappentext English Diatonic Music 1887-1955 provides a study of a modern tradition in English art music of the early twentieth century based on the era's focus on diatonicism and its ability to convey metaphysical and mystical feelings. Matthew Riley remaps traditional understandings of this era, emphasizing the importance of convention and craft in its development. Zusammenfassung English Diatonic Music 1887-1955 provides a study of a modern tradition in English art music of the early twentieth century based on the era's focus on diatonicism and its ability to convey metaphysical and mystical feelings. Matthew Riley remaps traditional understandings of this era, emphasizing the importance of convention and craft in its development. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Processional Diatonicism I: Hubert Parry and Blest Pair of Sirens 2. Processional Diatonicism II: Elgar and Vaughan Williams to 1914 3. Diatonic Pastoral Music 1914-1925: Vaughan Williams and Howells 4. Songs of Pain and Beauty: On English Diatonic Song 5. Tracts for the Times: English Diatonic Music at Peace and War 1937-1953 6. The New Ecstasy: Howells and Tippett Glossary of Conventions of English Diatonic Music Appendix A: The Grail Knights' Communion Hymn 'Wein und Brod' from Parsifal Act I as 'Begetter' of English Diatonic Music Appendix B: 'Regular Orders' of English Diatonic Conventions Bibliography Index
